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Democrats condemn DHS over death of Rohingya refugee left by border agents

From The Guardian · () English

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  • Democratic lawmakers called on the Department of Homeland Security to release records and cooperate fully with an investigation into the death of Rohingya refugee Nurul Amin Shah Alam.
  • Shah Alam, who was nearly blind, died after US border agents left him outside a closed coffee shop in Buffalo during a freezing night.
  • Lawmakers made the demand at a Buffalo press conference near where Shah Alam was found, as the Erie County district attorney investigates.

Democratic lawmakers stood a few feet from the place where Nurul Amin Shah Alam was found dead and demanded answers from the Department of Homeland Security.

Shah Alam, a nearly blind Rohingya refugee, died after US border agents left him outside a closed coffee shop on a freezing night in Buffalo earlier this year. His death is now the subject of an investigation by the Erie County district attorney.

At a Friday press conference in Buffalo, New York lawmaker Tim Kennedy joined Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, the ranking Democrat on the House homeland security committee, Lou Correa of California and Nellie Pou of New Jersey. They called on DHS to hand over records and cooperate fully with the investigation.

The lawmakers’ demand puts the agency’s handling of Shah Alam’s final hours under scrutiny while the local investigation continues.

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